Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post

Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by ams6110 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @10:42AM (#11814687)

I think extreme wealth must in some way contribute to insanity. I wonder if he puts tissues down on the floor before he takes a step.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by bencollier49 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @11:03AM (#11814870)

He's just trying to out-vision Elon Musk, whose idealistic leaps are looking less and less implausible by the day.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by alttab on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:38PM (#11815860)

I wouldn't go that far. The only thing he's done really well is sell cars at $100k a pop with a fancy battery and computer at a loss. Visionary sure - but the fruits of his labor are still unborn, especially when burning/raising that much cash!

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Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by seizethecheese on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:17PM (#11816819)

Um... I'm no Musk fanboy but have you forgotten landing stage one rockets, which is going to drastically lower the cost of space launches?

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Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by alttab on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @09:40PM (#11819764)

I'll admit that's badass. But he isn't the only one landing unmanned rockets.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by jessaustin on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:03PM (#11816699)

He has also delivered cargo to orbit in predictable and economical fashion.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to Buy Washington Post by vthallam on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @11:06AM (#11814905)

or may be the insanity someway contributes to the extreme wealth. you can't build a $250 billion business always thinking in a sane way:)

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